The Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Apr 9, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Jeremy Pena went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Hunter Brown pitched 7.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Donovan Solano went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Tyler Mahle pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brown | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Solano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Farmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Wallner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Mahle | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Apr 8, 2023: HOU 6, MIN 9 · Next Apr 10, 2023: HOU 8, PIT 2
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 8, 2023: HOU 6, MIN 9 · Next Apr 10, 2023: CHW 4, MIN 3